Castellón, January 31, 2023.
The UBE Chair of Sustainable Plastics of the Jaume I University (UJI), established in December 2021, just held the second meeting of the joint monitoring committee to start executing its activity plan scheduled for the year 2023.
This joint monitoring committee of the UBE Chair of Sustainable Plastics of the UJI was held on 26th January, and a summary of the activities carried out during the year 2022 was presented. The director of the Chair, Luis Cabedo, highlighted the awards for the final degree and master’s degree projects, the conferences and the seminars; as well as outreach activities related to the sustainability of plastics.
The meeting took place at the Rectorate building of the Jaume I University with the following attendance: Jesús Lancis (UJI Vice Rector for Research), Luis Cabedo (director of the Chair), Raül Sangròs (director of R&D at UBE), Daniel Loyarte (financial director of UBE), Silvia Franch (coordinator of the Chair) and David Beltrán (UJI Patronage and Sponsorship Program).
With regard to training and dissemination, the Chair plans to organize seminars and informative conferences on plastics, as well as the second edition of the UBE Plastics Sustainability Award, related to the circularity of these materials.
(Photograph: from left to right: Beltrán; Franch; Cabedo; Lancis; Loyarte: Sangrós)